Palha
The Palha (pha lha) mansion was formerly the Lhasa residence of the aristocratic Palha family from Gyantsé (rgyal rtse). It was probably built for the family in the eighteenth or early nineteenth century, and significantly renovated in the early twentieth century. The building was demolished in the early 2000s.
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- Tibetan Event > Construction (1701 (estimated) - 1900 (estimated))
- Tibetan Event > Construction (1750)
- Tibetan Event > Construction (1920 (estimated) - 1929 (estimated))
- Tibetan Event > Reconstruction (1925 (estimated))
- Tibetan Event > Destruction (2000 (probable))
- Building dimensions > Stories: 2
- Building dimensions > courtyards: 2
- Tibetan Event > Reconstruction: West wing of the outbuilding completely reconstructed. (1990 - 1993)
- ཕ་ལྷ། (Tibetan, Tibetan script, Original)
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- > Phala (Tibetan, Latin script, Transcription-Lhasa Atlas System of Tibetan Transcription)
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- > ཕ་ཇོ་ལྷ་ཁང་། (Tibetan, Tibetan script, Alt Spelling-Expansion)
- > Pajo Lhakhang (Tibetan, Latin script, Transcription-THL Simplified Tibetan Transcription)
- > pha jo lha khang (Tibetan, Latin script, Transliteration-THL Extended Wylie Transliteration)